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In September 2006 when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called George W. Bush the Devil at the United Nations, the Bush-hating press couldn't get enough of the comment.

A country of statistical extremes, landlocked Bolivia is the highest and most isolated country in South America.

In a press conference on December 16, Bolivia's President Evo Morales said: "The budget of the United States is US$687 billion for defence.

A new threat emerged today which could prevent a 192-nation summit from reaching a global climate accord in its 48-hour deadline: world leaders may not have finished making their speeches by then.

Unofficial results showes Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, taking at least 63 percent of the votes 07 December 2009 Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, 07 Dec 2009 Bolivian President Evo Morales has won a landslide re-election victory in Sunday's presidential vote.

Mr Morales said it was now his duty to "accelerate the pace of change" President Evo Morales is claiming victory in Bolivia's presidential election and looks to have secured a second five-year term.

Most of the Bolivian voters agreed that the general elections held on Sunday in the South American country are vital to their country's future in the next 50 years, according to a poll.

President Evo Morales easily won re-election, according to unofficial results, getting an overwhelming mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia's long-suppressed indigenous majority.

Opposition presidential candidate Manfred Reyes casts his ballot during general elections in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Sunday, Dec.

As Bolivia gears up for Sunday's presidential poll, the electoral battle is being played out in a La Paz wrestling ring, as the BBC's Andres Schipani reports.

As Bolivia's Evo Morales campaigns for re-election ahead of polls in December, his support from the nation's indigenous coca producers is again coming under scrutiny.

That meeting was called "with the purpose of considering the situation in the Republic of Bolivia," after an uprising backed by the traditional elites who had lost power in the impressive democratic elections of 2005.

Dear Readers: Today we bring you our second installment of our Blog series on the Bolivian Presidential vote.

La Paz, Oct 31 President Evo Morales noted that Bolivian relations with the United States must relay on cooperation rather than on interference by US diplomats as they did previously.

At a major international summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, many Latin American and Caribbean countries called for climate justice and the defence of the rights of the Earth ahead of climate change talks in Copenhagen this December.

Bolivia's president participated in a tribute to the guerrilla leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who was captured and killed by Bolivian soldiers 42 years ago while trying to foment revolution in the Andean nation.

La Paz, Sep 20 Bolivian President Evo Morales will attend the UN annual session in New York.

UN General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto presents an award named "Defender of the Mother Earth" to Bolivian President Morales for his environmental preservation efforts in La Paz, Bolivia, August 29, 2009.

Bolivian Independence Day is August 6th each year. The country gained its freedom from Spain after several centuries of occupation and celebrated by signing the Declaration of Independence on August 6th, 1825.

Bolivian Independence Day is August 6th each year. The country gained its freedom from Spain after several centuries of occupation and celebrated by signing the Declaration of Independence on August 6th, 1825.